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Shock at major increase in drink-driving offences

Dumfries and Galloway Standard

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November 28, 2025

Concerning figures highlighted in anew police report

- MARC MCLEAN

Shock at major increase in drink-driving offences

Dangerous drink-driving offences have seen an increase

The number of drivers recklessly getting behind the wheel while under the influence has skyrocketed in Dumfries and Galloway, according to a new police report.

There were 285 crimes recorded in the first six months of 2025/26 where motorists were found to have been driving while intoxicated through alcohol or drugs.

Just three years earlier, in 2022/23, the figure for the same initial six-month period was 111 - which represents an increase of nearly 160 percent.

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